----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 9:46
AM
Subject: Re: [Nostratica] Re:
Gerry!
On Sun, 26 Jan 2003 09:23:50 -0800, "Geraldine
Reinhardt"
<waluk@...>
wrote:
> From: Richard Wordingham <richard.wordingham@...>
> Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@......>
wrote:
>> Great Britain is one island.
>> Other islands
cannot be "part of it".
>> The Isle of Man is one of the British
Isles. Jersey and Guernsey
>> (together with some smaller ones) are
the Channel Islands.
>>> I would reckon Anglesey, the
Isle of Wight, the Hebrides and even the
>>> Shetland Isles
as part of Great Britain.
>>>> GR: Thought you said that
Great Britain was one island. If so then how could the Isle of Wight
>>>> be part of Great Britain?
*I* said that,
using the geographical definition of "Great Britain".
Richard is using a
different, socio-political, definition of "Great
Britain", namely: England
+ Wales +
Scotland.
UK? GreatBritain? BritishIsles?
ElizabethRegina?
Éire
no
\
\
no
no yes
N.
Ireland yes
/
/
yes
Man
no
no
yes
yes
Shetlands \
no/yes
yes?
yes
yes
Scotland /
\
\
yes
Wales
yes - yes -
yes
yes
England
\
/
/
yes
yes
Wight
/ no/yes
yes
yes
Jersey
no
no
no
yes
=======================
Miguel Carrasquer
Vidal
mcv@...
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